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Not Worth Asking

The Smashing Pumpkins
Tab

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Song

Not Worth Asking - Smashing Pumpkins

Intro:

|-3--0--     |-0-|
|-0--0--     |-0-|
|-0--0--     |-0-|
|-2--2--     |-2-|
|-2--3--     |-2-|
|-0-----     |-0-|

*1 (riff 1)

> >

|----0----0--0---------0--------------------------------|
|----3----3--0-0---------0-0-0---0---0---0--------------|
|----0----0--0---0---------0-0---0-0-0---0--------------|
|-2--2----2--2-----2-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|
|-2--2----2--3-------3-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|
|-0--0----0----------------3---3---3---3----------------|

^repeat 3x

repeat *1 2x

*2

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------|
|-3-0-1-0-1-0-3-0-1-0-1-0-0-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-----------------------------|
|-------------------------3-----------------------------|

^first time only

repeat *1 3x

Lead (over *1)

G1 distortion

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-2-2-4hbr-----0-2-2-4hbr-2-----0-2-2-4hbr-4-5/6~~-|
|---2--------------2----------------2--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------0----------------0----------------------|

*3

G1 still distorted over *1 (G2)

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0-2----------0-2---------0-2----------------------|
|---2-----0------2-----0-2---2-----0--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------0-----------0----------------------------|

repeat *2

*4

Both guitars distortion

|-0--0--0-0-0-3-----3-----3-0--0--0--0------------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-----3-----3-1--1--1--1------------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-----0-----0-2--2--2--2------------------|
|-2--2--2-2-2-0-----0-----0-3--3--3--3------------------|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-----2-----2-3--3--3--3------------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-3-----3-----3-----------------------------|

repeat intro, this time with distortion (G2)

Solo (G1)

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-7~~~-7-7-9-9\---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-7~~~-7--7-7-9~9--9-9~~~~\------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

repeat *1 2x

Lead fill (G1 slightly distorted) over second time *1 played

here....something like this:

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---5/7-7-9hbr-7-9-----5/7-7-5----------------------|
|-7------------------7---------5-7------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

*5

Both guitars distortion

|-0--0--0-0-0(3)-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-3--3-3-|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-3--3-3-|
|-2--2--2-2-2-0--0--0-0-0-2--2--2-2-2-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|-3--3--3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-0--0-0-|
|-3--3--3-3-3-2--2--2-2-2-0--0--0-0-0-2--2--2-2-2-2--2-2-|
|-1--1--1-1-1-3--3--3-3-3-------------0--0--0-0-0-3--3-3-|

repeat *5 4x

repeat *4 till the end

Lyrics

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Not worth askin'

who I'm s'posed to be.

Not worth sayin'

seems I'm free.

No worth reachin'

to anyone at all.

No worth reachin'

out to stop this fall

I'm on my own.

Yeah, on my own.

Not worth being.

I might already be.

I just want someone to reach for me.

Not worth sinkin'.

It's not worth diggin' down.

I've been here before and hate what I've found.

(Chorus)

It's too late, too late

I'm on my own, I'm on my own

I gotta go

So far away.

Yeah it's too late, too late

I'm on my own, I'm on my own

I gotta go

So far away...so far away.

Not worth askin'

Who I'm s'posed to be.

Not worth sayin' something.

Seems I'm free.

Not worth reachin'

to anyone at all.

Not worth reachin' out

I'll stop this fall.

But I like you just the same.

You've got to know somehow

that I'm the one to blame.

We've gone so far along

to end this destiny.

You've got to know somehow..that

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